On Tennessee Route 27 north of Coppinger Road, on the right when traveling north.
An appreciation
This memorial is erected by the people of the United States to mark their appreciation of the great service rendered our country by Judge M.M. Allison, President of the Dixie Highway Association since its organization in 1915. . . . — — Map (db m182825) HM
On Shellmound Road (Tennessee Route 156) at Substation Road, on the right when traveling west on Shellmound Road.
During 1805–08, the U.S. Government and State of Tennessee constructed the Federal–Georgia Road in order to connect Tennessee to the Atlantic seaboard. The road proceeded north from Augusta to Spring Place, Georgia, where it divided. Federal Road . . . — — Map (db m224838) HM
Hales Bar Dam was a hydroelectric dam once located on the Tennessee River in Marion County, Tennessee, USA. The Chattanooga and Tennessee River Power Company began building the dam in 1905 and completed it in 1913, making Hales Bar one of the . . . — — Map (db m87939) HM
Near Serodino Road, 0.1 miles west of Hale's Bar Road, on the left when traveling west.
Hales Bar Dam was located along the Tennessee River at just over 431 miles (694 km) above the river's mouth, near the southwest end of the Tennessee River Gorge. The dam's reservoir extended up the river through the gorge all the way to Chattanooga, . . . — — Map (db m170803) HM
Born Elizabeth Lowery, daughter of Chief John Lowery of the Cherokee, she lived in a house about 60 yards southeast after her marriage. She donated the ground on which the town of Jasper was laid out in 1820, when the county seat was moved here from . . . — — Map (db m1985) HM
On Interstate 24W at milepost 160,, 1.2 miles west of Shellmound Road (Tennessee Route 156), on the right when traveling west.
You are about to enter Middle Tennessee, the site of two important Civil War campaigns. The first occurred in June 1862 as Confederate Gen. Braxton Braggs maneuvered the Army of Tennessee successfully through the mountains north past Union Gen. Don . . . — — Map (db m117806) HM
On Main Street (U.S. 41) east of Betsy Pack Drive, on the right when traveling west.
Korean Conflict
Marion County
Allison, James L., Jr. CPL • Campbell, Dewitt , Jr. CPL • Duke, Ray E. ★ MH ★ M/SGT • Jones, Lotchie J. R. PV2 • Lansdell, Charles L. PV2 • McCurry, Gilbert L. PV2 • Rogers, James E., Jr. MSG • . . . — — Map (db m150529) WM
Near TVA Road, 2.4 miles south of Interstate 24, on the left when traveling south.
Samuel Love owned a farm on the Tennessee River between Jasper and Shellmound. He operated a ferry that was an important transportation artery, linking Jasper and the rest of Marion County with the railroad at Shellmound. In addition to running . . . — — Map (db m87942) HM
On Main Street (U.S. 41) west of Academy Street, on the right when traveling west.
To the sons of Marion County who gave their lives for democracy and the freedom of the world
1917-1918
Mack Burnett, Jr. • Vince Riley Choate • Claude D. Crumbliss • Winslow Edw. Cowan • Robert A. Dykes • Joe Dennis • Dallas Polk Ewton • . . . — — Map (db m150481) WM
On Main Street (U.S. 41) east of Betsy Pack Drive, on the right when traveling west.
[Center panel]
Dedicated to the memory of the sons of Marion County Tenn. who gave their lives in World War Two, 1941-1946
[Left wing]
And these our dead Andregg, Henry Jr. • Allen, Benton • Alley, Leslie G. • Anderson, . . . — — Map (db m150485) WM
5¼ miles southeast was the town of Nickajack or Anikusatiyi, destroyed by Ore's force, Sept. 14, 1794. The town occupied a space between the river and the cave in which was a storehouse for plunder. It was also used by the Confederacy during the War . . . — — Map (db m62564) HM
On Main Street (U.S. 64/72) at Betsy Pack Drive (U.S. 41), on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
In recognition of the rare vision, the indomitable courage and capacity of achievement of Will Cummings, county judge of Hamilton County, the pioneer of permanent road building and public improvements in east Tennessee and the Chattanooga district, . . . — — Map (db m39437) HM
On U.S. 64/72, 0.1 miles north of Interstate 24, on the right when traveling east.
To the south, in the Tennessee River, is Burns' Island, formerly known as Lowery's Island. Here, at the Creek town of Chiaha, DeSoto camped June 5 to 28, 1540, while two scouts were sent north 30 leagues in search of gold. Here the Spaniards first . . . — — Map (db m30373) HM
On Dubose Street (Tennessee Route 56) north of Dixie Lee Avenue (U.S. 64), on the right when traveling north.
Monteagle is an important crossroads in the southern Cumberland Mountains, where roads and railroads crisscross rugged, scenic terrain. In the summer of 1862, Union and Confederate forces raced for advantage among these transportation corridors. . . . — — Map (db m167629) HM
On West Main Street (Tennessee Route 56) 0.2 miles west of Indigo Lane, on the left when traveling west.
(side 1)
Wilder's Raid at University Place
When Braxton Bragg retreated from the Shelbyville-Wartrace line and took up his position at Tullahoma on June 28, Union commander William S. Rosecrans sought to destroy the Elk River . . . — — Map (db m180324) HM
On North Cedar Avenue (U.S. 72) south of Sweetens Cove Road, on the right when traveling south.
Seven miles west are buried soldiers who took part in every war beginning with the Revolution. Among these is Capt. Robert Bean, credited with significant action at the Battle of King's Mountain. — — Map (db m189082) HM
On South Cedar Avenue (Tennessee Route 27), on the right when traveling south.
Born November 21, 1899, Jobyna L. Raulston became a silent movie actress, appearing in more than 90 films during her career. She made her stage-acting debut at Wilson Theatre (opera house) in South Pittsburg at age nine. Raulston later studied . . . — — Map (db m16126) HM
On Beene Cemetery Road, 0.5 miles north of Sweetens Cove Road, on the left when traveling north.
Born in Virginia
A Captain in the Indian Wars
A Companion of Daniel Boone
A Tennessee Volunteer
A Hero of King's Mountain
An intrepid Pioneer - Patriot
1750 - 1824
Captain Robert Bean
Born 3 May 1764
Died 17 Nov 1824
Placed by . . . — — Map (db m235124) HM
On 3rd Street at Holly Avenue, on the right when traveling west on 3rd Street.
In 1873, a group of English industrialists, known as the Southern States Coal, Iron and Land Company, purchased large tracts of land, and set out to develop a town, South Pittsburg. From England they brought with them a desire to worship in their . . . — — Map (db m194441) HM
Side A In January 1927, H. Wetter Manufacturing Company, South Pittsburg's largest employer, a unionized company, closed its stove factory. When Wetter tried to reopen with non~union labor, the unions established picket lines. The strike . . . — — Map (db m99022) HM
On Beene Cemetery Road, 0.5 miles north of Sweetens Cove Road, on the left when traveling north.
Jane Simmons Roulston
Born March 27, 1783 Charleston, SC
Died May 12, 1870 Marion Co., Tenn.
Wife of
Colonel James Roulston
Born June 16, 1772 Augusta Co, VA
Died August 7, 1844 Marion Co., Tenn.
Representative from . . . — — Map (db m235125) HM
On Jaycee Drive/Rivers Landing Road, 0.2 miles south of Cedar Avenue (U.S. 72), on the left when traveling south.
After the Shiloh Campaign in the spring of 1862, Confederate forces under General Braxton Bragg concentrated in the Chattanooga area. The Federal Army, under General Don Carlos Buell occupied north Alabama. Fearful of a Confederate attack, General . . . — — Map (db m82250) HM
On Elm Avenue at 3rd Street, on the right when traveling south on Elm Avenue.
(side 1)
Born July 13, 1920 in South Pittsburg, James “Jim” Thomas Fitz-Gerald, Jr. was appointed to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1940. Interested in aviation since childhood, he graduated in the first . . . — — Map (db m82251) HM
On Elm Avenue at 3rd Street, on the right when traveling south on Elm Avenue.
has been listed in the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
American Legion clubhouse
built in 1926 — — Map (db m194433) HM
On North Cedar Avenue (Tennessee Route 27) south of Old Jasper Road, on the right when traveling south.
In 1917 no high school for African Americans existed in Marion County. That year Brown McReynolds led a committee to establish an African American high school. The following year a school for African American students opened in a rented space. In . . . — — Map (db m184066) HM
Near Hogjaw Road north of Shellmound Road (Tennessee Highway 156), on the right when traveling west.
The Tennessee River has its headwaters in the mountains of Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia. The main stream forms at Knoxville, where the Houston and the French Broad Rivers join. The valley, 41,000 square miles in area, receives . . . — — Map (db m47487) HM
On J E Clouse Highway (Tennessee Route 134) 2 miles east of Shellmound Road (Tennessee Route 156), on the right when traveling east.
The Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad Bridge over Running Water Creek was a vital link in the rail connection between Nashville and Chattanooga. The retreating Confederate Army destroyed it in the summer of 1863.
The pursuing Federal Army . . . — — Map (db m82253) HM
Near Tiger Trail, 0.1 miles west of Tennessee Route 28, on the left when traveling west.
In memory of the 13 coal miners killed in a mining accident on December 8, 1981
Jimmy Wayne Rogers
Larry Cooley
Harvey Nolan
Charlie Myers
Gaylon Parson
Darrell Rollins
Lee Grimes
Danny Cooley
Frankie Wilbourn
Jacob . . . — — Map (db m140864) HM
